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Description: | An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD (AD 750-900).The strap-end is pentagonal in plan and plain with no evidence of any decoration on either face. The attachment end is straight with three very short, evenly spaced, V-shaped grooves cut into the plate from top edge on the front and back creating notchs at the top, the cental one deeper than the others. The plate expands slightly from a width of 11.7mm the attachment end to a maximum width of 13.7mm about halfway down. From this point there is an abrupt change in angle and it tapers consistently towards a pointed animal head terminal. There is a slight constriction above the terminal which has rounded lobes projecting slightly at either side for ears and a broad round ended muzzle. On the front drilled pits indicate the eyes and there are short, shallow but broad gouged lines forming a V on the muzzle indicating the nostrils. The terminal is plain on the back.The strap end is flat in profile including the terminal with a split running about a quarter of the way down it from the attachment end. This split separated the front and back allowing a strap to be slotted between them. Two circular copper alloy rivets bridge the split at th attachment end and would have held the strap in place. They are flush with the front and back of the plate.The strap end is unusually plain but in general form fits into Thomas' Class A without any of the decoration seen on his more specific Types. It is 30.7mm long, 4.3mm thick and weighs 5.61 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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